immigration Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/immigration/ Wed, 31 May 2017 05:47:43 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://journeyonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Journey-Logo-With-UCA-logo_Site-identity_Artboard-2_Artboard-2-copy-32x32.png immigration Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/immigration/ 32 32 Writing for your life https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/writing-for-your-life/ https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/writing-for-your-life/#respond Wed, 31 May 2017 05:31:47 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=22695 Imagine filling out the most important form of your life in a language not your own, knowing that time is running out and a mistake may end in deportation. Dianne Jensen visits Indooroopilly Uniting Church where people seeking asylum are being given a warm welcome and a helping hand. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s announcement in ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/writing-for-your-life/feed/ 0 Friday’s religion wrap https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-14-october/ https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-14-october/#respond Thu, 13 Oct 2016 23:04:22 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=21919 The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Check back in every Friday to see the latest wrap up of religious news that made us think and reflect. No more shouting to the Lord Relevant reports on Hillsong senior pastor Brian Houston’s decision not to include the popular Shout to the Lord and worship juggernaut Oceans ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-14-october/feed/ 0 South Sudanese refugee finds home in community https://journeyonline.com.au/features/south-sudanese-refugee-finds-home-in-community/ https://journeyonline.com.au/features/south-sudanese-refugee-finds-home-in-community/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:00:46 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=20786 Former South Sudanese refugee Maria (Nyaluit) Phalpang belongs to the Uniting Church Nuer faith community in Brisbane. She tells her story to Dianne Jensen. Maria (Nyaluit) Phalpang has travelled a long way from her childhood home of Bentiu in Unity, a predominantly Christian state in war-torn South Sudan. Faith, family and a passion for education ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/features/south-sudanese-refugee-finds-home-in-community/feed/ 0 Freddie Steen: Asylum limbo “hell on earth” https://journeyonline.com.au/features/freddie-steen-asylum-limbo-hell-earth/ https://journeyonline.com.au/features/freddie-steen-asylum-limbo-hell-earth/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2014 01:37:01 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=18452 Like a voice crying in the wilderness, Frederika Steen AM won’t be silent about Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers and refugees. Dianne Jensen reports. “I have looked into their faces, I know their names and I have heard their stories of suffering. What else could I do but speak out?” Refugee advocate Frederika (Freddie) Steen ...

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